Saturday, June 29, 2013

75 Years Of The Beano - Part 1


There's just about a month to go until the Beano celebrates its 75th birthday, and so I'll dive straight into the celebrations and take a look a various issues and strips from its many decades. This time we head back to 1957, and take a look at the Biffo the Bear strip from that issue, illustrated by Dudley Watkins.



And from the same issue, feast your eyes upon Leo Baxendale's Minnie the Minx! I love the angle of the last panel here - great artwork!



And finally, from issue #793, a full-colour Dennis the Menace strip by Davy Law!



There will be some more Beano mayhem soon, so stay tuned!

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Other posts in this series:

Part 2:

http://www.wackycomics.com/2013/07/75-years-of-beano-part-2.html

Part 3:

http://www.wackycomics.com/2013/07/75-years-of-beano-part-3.html

2 comments:

Peter Gray said...

They are great this period of The Beano...

Wished I owned more Beanos of this period..

George Shiers said...

Definitely a great time in the Beano's life.